Abstract
This work investigated the effects of heating rate and annealing on the magneto-optical properties of bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi-YIG) thin films on glass and (111)-oriented single-crystalline gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrates fabricated by metal-organic decomposition (MOD). We modified the MOD method by eliminating the pre-annealing process. We performed annealing at various temperatures to determine the optimal temperature for obtaining the Bi-YIG phase. We then annealed at the optimized temperature using various heating rates. The optimal conditions were annealing for 1 h at 750 °C at a heating rate of 30 °C/min on GGG to obtain highly crystallized fine grains. The Faraday rotation for this film was about −10.5°/μm. The optimized heating rate enhanced the magneto-optical properties due to improved crystallinity and saturated magnetization. The Bi-YIG thin films prepared by this prescribed MOD method exhibited excellent magneto-optical performance and are potential candidates for applications in optical devices.
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